Sheet-metal lead-keg.



C. STOLLBERG. SHEET METAL LEAD KEG. APPLICATION FILED Nov. 12. 1912.

Patented Sept. 12, 1916.

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CHARLES STOLLBERCT', OF TOLEDO,

OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN CAN COMPANY, OF

NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION 0F NEW JERSEY.

SHEET-METAL LEAD-KEG.

Application filed November 12, 1912.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, Crmnnns SToLLERo, acitizen of the United States, residing 1n Toledo, in the county of Lucasand State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement inSheet-Metal Lead-Kegs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in sheet metal kegs such as arecommonly used for transporting white lead.

An object of the invention is to provide a keg having a seamless drawnbody member provided with a strengthening or reinforcing bead or rim. atthe top or mouth end, the bead or rim serving also as a shoulder towhich the cover can be clamped, said body being additionally reinforcedat the bottom portion by means of a strengthening or reinforcing band,preferably electrically spot welded to the body, said strengthening bandbeing also provided with a bead or rim corresponding in outside diameterto the outside diameter of the bead or rim at the top end of the keg,whereby the keg may be easily rolled in a straight line.

The invention furthermore consists in the improvements in the parts anddevices and in the novel combinations of the parts and devices hereinshown, described or claimed.

In the drawing forming a. part of this specification, Figure 1 is alongitudinal, sectional view of a lead keg and cover therefor embodyingmy improvements, and Fig. 2 is a transverse, sectional View takensubstantially on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

In the drawing, the main or body portion of the keg is represented bythe numeral 10, and as shown, the same is drawn seamless and at itsupper end or mouth portion is provided with the usual form ofstrengthening or reinforcing bead or rim 11 over which is adapted to fitthe curved ange 12 of a countcrsunk cover 13, said rim being provided atintervals with fastening lips orprojections 14 adapted to be bent aroundand under the bead or rim 11. The body member 10, is necked in at thebottom thereof, as shown at 15, thereby providing the body with ashoulder 16. Rigidly'secured to the necked-in portion .15, andpreferably by spot Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 12, 1916., Serial No. I730,880.

welding, is a reinforcing band or strip 17, the latter being provided atits lower edge with a bead or rim 18, similar to the bead or rim 11 andof substantially the same di ameter from outside edge to outside edge.

From the foregoing description it willibe seen that the lead keg isreinforced at the bottom substantially as strongly as at the top andthat the shoulder 16 serves as an abutment for the band 17 when the kegis placed on end, and that by making the beads or rims 1l and 18 of thesame diameter, the kegs may be easily rolled in a straight line, therebyovercoming a defect commonly found in lead kegs as hithertomanufactured, wherein the diameter of the keg at the mouth end has beenconsiderably greater than that at the bottom, thus preventing the kegsfrom rolling in straight lines.

I claim 1. A sheet metal lead keg of the character described comprising,in combination: a drawn, seamless body member having an integral bottomand provided with a strengthening bead at its top end, said body beingnecked-in at the bottom, thereof; and a strengthening band permanentlysecured to the body member around the necked-in portion thereof, ingprovided With a bead of substantially the same diameter as the bead atthe top end of the keg, whereby the keg is adapted to be rolled in astraight line.

2. A sheet metal lead keg of the character described, comprising, incombination: a drawn, seamless body member having an integral bottom andprovided with a strengthening bead at its top end, said body beingnecked-in at the bottom thereof; and a strengthening band welded to thebody member around the necked-in portion thereof, said strengtheningband being provided with a bead of substantially the same diameter asthe bead at the top end of the keg, whereby the key is adapted to berolled in a straight line, substantially as specified.

CHARLES STOLLBERG. Witnesses:

L. W. BREEDE, W. I-I. BLANK.

said strengthening band be-r

